This might be an odd question but can you hear voices in your head with no sound?
Are you talking about intrusive thoughts? Pretty sure it’s not a hallucination if it doesn’t have sound. So no, they’re not really voices.
Actually, I have voices with no sounds, like thoughts.
It’s not the same as intrusive thoughts, I have those too.
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What’s the difference?
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The difference is the nature of the thoughts, they talk like voices, from someone elses for example, but they’re inside not outside. And intrusive thoughts are my own thoughts, not voices.
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For example, I get intrusive thoughts that are racist and of a sexual nature, and I get inner voices that call me a whore.
This is pretty confusing to me… When I have intrusive images they are not my own thoughts. It’s like my brain forces me to imagine them. But since they are only in my mind I don’t call them hallucinations.
no offense intended but do you think those could be your own thoughts/feelings about yourself like deep down or something from the past maybe?
Yeah, when I say my own thoughts, it’s not like they’re my own at the same time. Hard to explain, I said it because it’s the main difference. They’re clearly thoughts, and the inside voices are clearly voices.
maybe this obsessive thinking I have is similar to the silent voices. Because these are thoughts and sometimes violent. But about some people from my past, not about me or anything.
Sometimes yeah. But they mostly say chitchat and nonsense, so I can’t take anything from it.
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that would be extremely annoying i think but my husband has a constant ringing in his ears hes always had it since childhood and he says hes just used to it doesnt even pay attention to it just constant background noise . the mind is very adaptable and just compensates and developes coping skills naturally to deal with problems we have . maybe you could counteract those negative thoughts with positive affirmations to counteract them like a little competition with good and bad thoughts about you match a bad thought with a good affirmation about yourself ( yes im in therapy lol )
Yeah, I actually do that. Hence the positive message of the day thing. I got used to it, it’s in the background, doesn’t bother me much. Thank you for your input
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